Knit shirt



(No Model.)

T. M. GRANT. KNIT SHIRT. N0.268,093. Patented Nov. 28, 1882..

, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS M. GRANT, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

KNIT SHIRT.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters PatentjNo. 268,093, dated'November 28, 1882.

' Application filed August 24, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS M. GRANT, of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented an Improvement in KnitShirts; and I hereby declare-the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to certain improvementsin knitted shirts, such as are employed for underwear; and it consistsin forming that part of the shirt above the waist in two thicknesses united at top and bottom, but separate at intermediate points.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a more complete explanation of my invention, Figure 1 is a view of my shirt. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 5 6, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan taken on the line'l 2, Fig.1. Fig. 4 is a plan taken on the line 3 4, Fig. 1.

In the use of the ordinary knitted shirts for underwear they often become wet by perspi ation, induced by labor or exertion of any kind, and if the wearer is subsequently exposed to a draft or cools oft suddenly various results may follow.

My invention contemplates the construction of a shirt, which, while it is all in one piece, shall be double above the waist and around the loins and pulmonary organspso as to provide an exterior drythicknessoutside of that which lies next to the body and is liable to become wet by perspiration.

A is the body of my shirt, which is knit by machinery in the usual manner. B is an exened ofi'. by the usual macl'iinery'for such work. The'joiningat the neck is made in the same manner, these being the only points where thetw'o are united. Between these points the two partsA and B are free' and independent, and may carry a layer of air in their meshes andbetween theni. Whenever the inner shirt becomes exposed to perspiration it will absorbit and retain it, while the outer thickness and the layer of warm air between will protect the wearer from cold drafts of air and the chill which would nrcessarily follow any sudden depression of the temperature of the body.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As a new article of manufacture, a knitted shirt having double sides A and B united at C and D and entirely surrounding the body between those points, substantially as herein described.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand.

THOS. M. GRANT.

Witnesses:

' S. H. NoUEsE,

G. W. EMERSON. 

